Case 323: The GPO Girl

Case 323 The GPO Girl

*** Content warnings: Sexual assault, child abuse, child sexual abuse ***

On Thursday, October 10 2013, passersby noticed a distraught-looking teenage girl, crying and shivering outside of Dublin’s General Post Office building. When police officers approached the girl, she either couldn’t, or wouldn’t, talk. The mystery teenager – soon dubbed the GPO girl – was taken into care, and experts suspected that she was a victim of sex trafficking.

When attempts to identify the GPO girl failed, Irish investigators went public with the case, not realising they were just dealing with just the tip of the iceberg in a crime spree that spanned continents.

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Con Girl

Finding Samantha – RTÉ

Ireland mystery woman identified as Australian Samantha Azzopardi, 25 – The Sydney Morning Herald

How stories deceive – The New Yorker

Samantha Azzopardi, woman found in Dublin, returns to Australia – The Guardian

How global fraudster Samantha Azzopardi duped Melbourne families – The Age

Mystery Australian woman flying home after leaving Irish hospital – The Sydney Morning Herald

Samantha Azzopardi posed as teenager, enrolled in Sydney school – The Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney conwoman Samantha Azzopardi jailed after claiming to be sex-trafficking victim – The Sydney Morning Herald

Is Samantha Azzopardi a criminal or a victim? – Women’s Weekly

‘My family tried to adopt my best friend after her parents died in a murder-suicide – but she was hiding a secret identity’ – Metro

Serial fraudster Samantha Azzopardi charged with child theft – The Age

Perth Wildcats player may be latest victim of Australian conwoman posing as au pair – The Age

Fake nanny Samantha Azzopardi pleads guilty to child-stealing offences – The Age

Australian con artist Samantha Azzopardi to be deported from Canada – The Sydney Morning Herald

Sex victim con artist deported after police spend $150,000 investigating false claims – Calgary Herald

Young con artist left a global trail of deceit, including sex abuse victim ‘Aurora’ in Calgary – Calgary Herald

A global conwoman’s wild lies and the victims she’s left behind – The Age

Australian woman charged with mischief in false sex exploitation case – CTV News

Fake schoolgirl Samantha Azzopardi jailed for two years for child stealing – news.com.au

The unbelievable story behind Samantha Azzopardi – the con artist found wandering in the GPO – Evoke

Disturbed ‘au pair’ who created false identities given two years’ jail in Victoria – The Guardian

Australian con artist Samantha Azzopardi’s lies revealed – news.com.au

Serial con artist Samantha Azzopardi told psychiatrist she has no memory of faking being a sex assault victim – The Australian

Serial conwoman drops appeal after judges warns of ‘more severe sentence’ – 9news.com.au

Samantha Azzopardi has more than 75 aliases. She will never stop conning people – Mamamia

Principal predator Malka Leifer and ‘schoolgirl’ conwoman Samantha Azzopardi shared ‘kiss’ behind bars – news.com.au

Malka Leifer’s victims express ‘shock’ at prison relationship with Samantha Azzopardi – news.com.au

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